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Returned Services League of Australia. South Australian Branch
SRG 435
Series List
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Photographs from the First World War
503 photographs (including 8 albums and 13 lantern slides). 1914-1920.
Photographs from the First World War (1914-1918) donated by members
of the South Australian RSL. Comprising photographs of training, camps
and local cities and life in the Middle East, including Gallipoli, Light Horse
regiments, troopships, military wedding, and portraits of soldiers. See
special list for series 1 for details.
1
Photographs from the Second World War
888 photographs. 1939-1948.
Photographs from the Second World War (1939-1945) donated by
members of the South Australian RSL. Comprising soldiers, camps,
training and local cities and life during active service in the Middle East,
India, and Europe, the occupation of Japan at the end of the war, and
training and parades in Australia. See special list for series 2 for details.
2
Photographs from the Cheer Up Hut
110 photographs, 1939-1945.
Black and white photographs of the Cheer Up Hut in Adelaide, including
buildings and hostel accommodations provided by the Cheer Up Society,
meals, events and services offered at the Cheer Up Hut, volunteers
preparing food, making beds, cleaning, taking part in sing-alongs with
servicemen, group photographs of volunteers, servicemen participating
in activities at the Cheer Up Hut and hostel, and a visit by Prime Minister
Robert Menzies on 10 August 1941.
3
Photographs from the Inter-War years
124 photographs, 1919-1939.
Photographs from the inter-war years, 1919-1939, donated by members
of the South Australian RSL, comprising Light Horse regiments training,
in camps, marching in parades and group portraits, memorial service at
the West Terrace Cemetery on Anzac Day 1929, group portraits of the
Australian Field Artillery 50 th Battery. See special list for series 4 for
details.
4
Photographs of RSL branches, activities and events
458 photographs, 1915-2005.
Photographs from RSL branches, activities and events, some donated by
members of the South Australian RSL, including Girl in a Million contest
winners, RSL board members, Anzac Day marches, reunions, memorials,
RSL conference delegations, sports teams, West Terrace cemetery, and
some First and Second World War photographs. See special list for series
5 for details.
5
RSL Headquarters photograph album
301 colour photographs. 1955-1998.
Album of 303 colour photographs of RSL members and events, war
memorials, Anzac Day marches and services, award presentations, and
RSL buildings. Most have captions.
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RSL display of Boer War photographs
21 photographs. 1900-2004.
Copies of photographs relating to the Boer War including South Australian
and New South Wales contingents, SA army nurses, South Australian
Mounted Rifles, and South Australian Imperial Bushmen, and the 100th
anniversary of the Boer War Memorial dedication re-enactment and
service held in 2004. All photographs have been laminated and were used
for a Boer War display by the RSL.
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Papers and photographs of Flight Lieutenant Neville Wheeldon Pemberton
1 photograph album (236 photographs), mixed materials. 1939-1946.
Papers, photographs and items belonging to Flight Lieutenant Neville
Wheeldon Pemberton, No. AU SX 417230, of Adelaide, with 358
Squadron, RAAF. See special list for series 8 for details.
8
Papers and photographs of Warrant Officer Lewis Henry Griffiths
3 photographs, Boer War and WWI certificates. 1899-1960
Photographs and certificates of Lewis Henry Griffiths, relating to the Boer
War and World War One. See special list for Series 9 for details.
9
Papers and photographs of Gunner Ambrose George Webb
Album (231 photographs), WWII papers. 1916-2003
Photographs and papers relating to Ambrose George Webb’s service
during the Second World War, and a World War One next of kin memorial
plaque for Joseph William Webb. See special list for Series 10 for details.
10
First World War memories of the Harris family
Frame of badges, postcards, medals, buttons and cards. 1916-1933.
A collection of First World War pins, badges, medals, silk embroidered
postcards, photograph and cards arranged in a picture frame painted
gold, measuring 32.5 x 32.5 cm. Items relate to the war service of
Lance-Corporal Leslie James Henry Harris, Service No. 77, 43rd Battalion,
and in memory of his younger brother Lance-Corporal Horace Harris,
Service No. 5352, 27th Battalion, who was killed in action in France on 20
September 1917. Sons of William Harris and May Ann (nee Walker).
11
Album with World War II documents and photographs
5 black and white photographs, WW2 documents. ca.1920-1950.
Unidentified photographs and documents relating to the Second World
War including ration books, permits and identification cards. See special
list for Series 12 for details.
12
RSL pins
116 pins/badges. 1952-2006.
A collection of 351 RSL badges dating from 1941 to 2006, including nine life
member badges, 30 service member badges, 15 SA Affiliate badges, 36 SA
Associate badges, and 12 Long Service badges.
13
Memorial Scroll
Scroll on mount. ca.1922
World War I memorial scroll for Private John Robert Wilson, No. 1928, 12 th
Battalion. The scroll bears the Royal Coat of Arms and a message paying
tribute to those soldiers who gave up their lives in the War.
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Plaques and granite from monuments
3 objects. 1918-1970.
Granite from the Eight Division Memorial in Bathurst, on a wooden base
with a plaque; a metal plaque featuring the RSL shield logo, presented to
the Port Pirie Air Gunnery School; and a small granite chip with an envelope,
from the plinth of the Nelson monument, Trafalgar Square.
15
Dog tags of Robert John Fischer
2 metal discs on string. ca.1940
Dog tags on string, one octagonal and one circular, belonging to ‘No.
416330, R. J. Fischer, RAAF, C of E’, on reverse ‘OIV’.
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Miscellaneous war medals, ribbons and badges
45 items. ca.1919-2007.
Various war medals, badges and ribbons and other items donated to the
RSL by members, including medals and commemorative badges relating to
World War One, World War Two, and the Vietnam War, RSL badges, and
epaulettes and silver buttons from the uniform of Sister Gwendoline Dinah
Henderson. See special list for Series 17 for details.
17
World War I era fundraising button badges
25 badges. 1917-1919. ca.1943, 1965.
Comprising 23 tin button badges relating to World War I (1917-1919), two
Meningie Hotel badges dating from World War II (ca.1943), and a bronze
Australian Army Reserve lapel badge (ca.1965). See special list for Series
18 for details.
18
Fundraising badges
155 badges. ca.1916-1940.
Collection of badges predominantly from the World War I, but also includes
some from inter-war years and World War II. Included are badges created for
occasions such as Australia Day, Violet Day, Army Nurses Day, and French
Day, and for charity groups including the Red Cross, the Cheer-Up Society,
the R.S.A. Building Fund (Returned Soldiers' Association), the Wattle Day
League, Soldiers' Home, Children's Patriotic League, Nursing Society, and
the Y.M.C.A., as well as official peace badges marking the end of the war
and various miscellaneous badges including a Christian Endeavour
convention, fundraising carnivals and memorial gardens. Also includes some
button badges from the inter-war years, 1919-1938, and from WWII, and
other metal badges from WW1 and WW2. See special list for Series 19 for
details.
19
RSL appeal badges
22 badges. ca.1918-2006.
Collection of fundraising badges created by the RSL for the ANZAC Day
appeal, Remembrance Day appeal (Poppy Day), and War Veterans Home
Appeal, along with an RSL membership badge, Long Tan memorial cross
badge, and Australia Day Adelaide 1918 badges. See special list for Series
20 for details.
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Hand-carved Red Cross Christmas box
Wooden box, 11.5 x 21.5 x 8.3 cm. 1917.
Hand-carved wooden box from the Australian Red Cross, decorated with the
Australian and British flags, and AIF rising sun emblem, sent by the Australian
Red Cross as a Christmas greeting presented to No. 3796A George W.
Banks, Medical Corps, on the Western Front in 1917. Donated to the RSL by
George Banks’ nephew.
21
War medals of Gordon John Smith
9 war medals, ca.1945-1975.
WW2 service medals belonging to SX4427 Private Gordon John Smith, with
ribbons, attached to a bar: 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Pacific Star, Defence
Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, and the Australia Service Medal 1939-1945.
The Australian Service Medal 1945-1975, in case, with silver Clasp ‘SW
Pacific’, and a miniature version of the medal, ribbon and clasp. Also
comprising a small golden coloured medallion presented to Pte. G.J. Smith
by the residents of Hawker and district for services rendered during the
Second World War.
22
RSL miscellaneous audio cassette recordings
8 audio cassette tapes, ca.1990-1997.
Miscellaneous recordings including reading of ‘The Anzacs’ poem, radio
interviews with WW1 veterans, meeting minutes, and music recording of the
song ‘Honour my death’ by Peter Hodge. Do an ARCHIVAL NUMBER
search on SRG 435/23 for details.
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Poppy and Anzac Day Appeals
Badges, flyers, ca. 1965-2013.
RSL Poppy Day (Remembrance Day) Appeal memorabilia including flyers, a
collection tin and cardboard tray, and various poppy day badges made of
metal and plastic, as well as different styles of synthetic poppy flower
badges. Also comprising RSL Anzac Day Appeal memorabilia including
flyers and donation cards, cardboard tray, badges, and a yellow wrist band.
See special list for Series 24 for details.
24
RSL Memorabilia
7 ties, cufflinks. ca. 1990.
RSL cufflinks featuring an RSL shield badge in the centre with the words
‘Returned Services League, Service Member’ around the edge, and three
servicemen walking side-by-side in the centre, surmounted by a crown, with
gold outlines and text, on a cream background, with gold border and base, in
plastic container with price ($10.50) on back. Also comprising seven RSL
service member ties featuring the RSL service member badge embroidered
on the front, in four different colours: red, maroon, navy and gold/mustard.
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Girl in a Million Quest crown
1 crown. ca.1959.
Winner’s crown from the ‘Girl in a Million Quest’ pageant run by the RSL
from 1959 until 2009. The crown is 14 cm in diameter and 10.5 cm high,
featuring rhinestones arranged in a pattern of tear-drop like shapes with
flower shapes in the centre, and a white fur band around the base. One of
Australia’s longest-running pageants, the Girl in a Million Quest raised
millions of dollars for veterans over its 50 year history, as contestants
organised charity fundraisers and helped bridge the gap between veterans
and youth. Entrants were judged on their personality, communication skills,
dedication to the quest, charm, and ability to interact with all types of people.
The pageant was last run in 2009.
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Cheer-Up Society
3 badges, 2 veils, 1 banner, documents. ca.1915-1948.
Items relating to the Cheer-Up Society Adelaide comprising: Banner
presented to the Cheer-Up Society by the Saturday afternoon helpers 1944,
featuring the names of members, volunteers and servicemen; two light blue
triangular veils made of a thin tulle-type material, worn by Cheer-Up Society
volunteers as part of their uniform; two Cheer-Up Society Voluntary Service
badges; one circular medallion ‘Britain Calls Australia 1914’ from WW1;
Cheer-Up Society published documents, including newsletter, information
booklet, rules, historical souvenir and letter heads. See special list for Series
27 for details. See also Series 3 for photographs of the Cheer-Up Society,
Cheer-Up Hut, volunteers, events, and organising committee members.
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The Recruiting Train signed letter
1 sheet, mounted. 1916.
Typed letter from The Recruiting Train, dated Thursday 30 March 1916,
addressed to Mr. Victor H. Ryan, thanking him for his organisation of the
recruitment campaign, signed by 12 members of the Recruiting Party. Two
recruiting tours were held in South Australia, in March and April of 1916,
travelling around the state by train, and featured army bands, flags and
speeches by the Premier, attracting large crowds but resulting in few
recruits.
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Corporal Erle Cherrington Evans Honourable Discharge King’s Certificate
1 certificate. 1916.
Honourable Discharge certificate (King’s Certificate) awarded to Corporal
Erle Cherrington Evans, 10th Battalion AIF, No. 905, of Hyde Park, SA,
enlisted 31 August 1914, aged 26, embarked from Adelaide on ‘Ascanius’,
20 October 1914, served with the 10 th Battalion, and returned to Australia in
July 1915, medically unfit after being wounded in the Dardanelles. The
illustration in the centre shows Britannia on the left, seated on a throne,
holding a sheathed sword in her left hand and the flag of Great Britain in her
right hand, looking down on two soldiers in uniform standing on the right,
holding their rifles, one wearing a slouch hat. In the background can be seen
a lion statue, and the ocean. The red border consists of the Royal coat of
arms of the United Kingdom and columns decorated with various foliate and
architectural motifs. Text reads: ‘Corpl. Erle Cherrington Evans, 10 th
Battalion A.I.F., Served with honour and was disabled in the Great War.
Honourably discharged on 12 th April 1916. [Signed] George R.J.’. Certificate
designed by Bernard Partridge, 1916. RESERVE 11
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Home Appeal collection hat
1 model slouch hat. ca.1963
Model AIF slouch hat used as a collection tin for the RSL Home Appeal. The
hat is khaki coloured, with a yellow painted band and on the right side is a
battalion colour patch, a rectangle halved diagonally, with the left side red
and right side blue. The left side of the hat is turned up with a gold AIF rising
sun badge holding it in place. At the front of the brim is a sticker, almost worn
off, with the words ‘Home Appeal’. On the top of the hat is a coin slot for
donations, and the inside of the hat is fitted with a white plastic tray, which
can be removed, to hold the coins. 33.5 x 20 x 8.5 cm. ca.1963.
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RSL Sports trophies and awards
2 trophies, 5 plaques, 1 medallion. 1948-1993.
Trophies and winner’s plaques for RSL teams and members in sporting
groups, including Electric Light Cricket and lawn bowls. See special list for
Series 31 for details.
31
Army Nursing Corps copper relief plaque
1 copper plaque. ca.1952.
Rectangular copper relief plaque of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps
Badge, featuring a lamp as the central feature of the badge, symbolising
learning, in an oval with ‘Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps’ around the
border, surmounted by a crown, and the motto ‘Pro Humanitate’ (for
humanity) in a scroll at the bottom. Under the scroll is a name, possibly
Phillis or Phillips. 20 x 13.5 cm. ca.1952.
32
RSL print blocks
30 wood and metal print blocks. ca.1940-1980.
Print blocks with wooden bases and metal engravings and etchings. See
special list for Series 33 for details.
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Miscellaneous items
2 items, ca.1945-1965.
Miscellaneous items donated to the RSL, comprising: a tobacco tin with
illustration of flamingos on the lid; and a small yellow satin banner for the
New Zealand Returned Services Association, Avondale branch.
34
St Peter’s sub-branch Committee Meeting minutes
34 cassette tapes, 1996-2000.
Sound recordings of general and committee meeting of the St. Peters SubBranch of the Returned Services League, along with some special meetings
including a AGMs and a financial enquiry. Do an ARCHIVAL NUMBER
search on SRG 435/35 for details.
35
Anzac Day marches performed by the South Australian Police Band
1 vinyl record, ca.1950.
Vinyl record of Anzac Day marches performed by the South Australian Police
Band, conducted by Alec Radcliff, and recorded by the ABC. Do an
ARCHIVAL NUMBER search on SRG 435/36 for details.
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Photographs of Banners
49 colour photographs. ca.1919.
Colour photographs of 26 banners relating to the Boer War, WW1 and WW2,
including battalion association banners. See special list for Series 37 for
details.
37
Correspondence regarding RSL Films
5 sheets, typed, 1970, 0.5 cm.
Correspondence from the RSL National Headquarters in Canberra regarding
the documentary films produced as part of the RSL Public Relations
Programme, including ‘What Changed Manuel Perra’, ‘Birth of a Nation’,
‘Those Who Returned’, and ‘The ANZACS’. November – December 1970.
See also SRG 435/F-2 and SRG 435/F-3 for the films ‘Those Who Returned’
and ‘Birth of a Nation’.
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Service records, documents and certificates (WW1-WW2)
97 sheets, typed, handwritten, 1914-1968. 5 cm.
Service records, certificates, documents, correspondence and some war
medals from the First and Second World Wars, belonging to members of the
RSL, which were held by the RSL but were unclaimed by the owners. See
special list for Series 39 for details.
39
Letters from Staff Sergeant Eric S. Goodrich
1943-1945. 9 cm.
Series of letters written by Staff Sergeant Eric Stanley Goodrich, SX31858
(S48609) between 26 August 1943 and 30 November 1945, to his partner
Mary and children Peter and John, who lived at 46 Kintore Ave, Prospect.
Staff Sergeant Goodrich was stationed in Wagga Wagga, NSW, with 10
Australian Army Troops Company RAE, and at Lae, New Guinea.
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Sergeant H.B. Dwyer WW2 documents and badges
1943-1946, 1972-1975. 1.5 cm.
RSL badges, Air Force buttons, and documents relating to the war service of
Sergeant Henry Bede Dwyer, Air Force, No. 131124. See special list for
Series 41 for details.
41
Raymond Nicholls British Mercantile Marine Identification Certificate
1945. 0.5 cm.
Argentine Immigration Regulations Identification Certificate, British
Mercantile Marine, for Raymond Nicholls, aged 18, son of Albert, working as
a Galley Boy on the T.S.S. ‘Princesa’ from Liverpool to Argentina for 1 year
of sea service. Includes finger prints. Dated 25 July 1945. The ‘Princesa’ was
a Steel Screw Steamer, built in 1918 by Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd.,
owned by Furness-Houlder Argentine Lines Ltd. Liverpool, and operated
from 1918 to 1949.
42
Corporal R.E.A. Lucas WW2 documents
1936-1945. 1.5 cm.
Documents relating to the war service of Corporal Roy Edward Adolph
Lucas, No. SX18754, 2 Air Maintenance Company AASC. See special list for
Series 43 for details.
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Ralph Spurr Memories of Milne Bay, New Guinea
35 photographs, 6 sheets. 192-1944, 1992. 1.5 cm.
Reminiscences, poems, an invitation and photographs of No. 115568
Leading Aircraftman Ralph Spurr and RAAF 10 Works Supply Unit in Milne
Bay, New Guinea. See special list for Series 44 for details.
44
Frank Kennedy photographs from Gallipoli
5 black and white copies of photographs. ca.1914-1915.
Five black and white copies of photographs of Anzac troops at Gallipoli,
showing troops, supplies and tents on the beach and in the hills, and ships in
the cove. Frank Kennedy suffered a head wound at Gallipoli and was taken
to hospital in England for 12 months before being transferred back to
Australia.
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Personal items belonging to Australian soldiers
ca.1900-1946.
Personal items belonging to Australian soldiers and donated to the RSL:
1. ‘The Australian Soldiers’ Pocket Book. Gift from The Australian Comforts
Fund’, belonging to Private Colin Leslie Taylor, SX8455, Australian Field
Ambulance/9 Div AIF, born 25 January 1920, from Virginia, South
Australia, 1944.
2. ‘First aid for fighting men’ 1943, information pamphlet illustrations and
envelope addressed to M.A. Walloscheck, SX9456.
3. Brown pocket belonging to No. 1777 Private Francis Alexander
Muirhead, 32nd Battalion, 8th Brigade, containing two WW1 identity discs
(dog tags) on a piece of thick string, one brown and one silver, with ‘1777
F.A. Muirhead 32nd BN AIF, CE’ engraved on the front.
4. Regular Army Certificate of Service book for No. 7554955 Donald Robert
Fulton, enlisted at London on 5 December 1934 and served with Cavalry
of the Line (1934-39), Royal Armoured Corps (1939-43), and Royal Army
Service Corps (1943-46).
5. ‘Oorlogszakboekje’ van Faber J.Y., 9a Regiment Infanterie, 1936-I-14,
Netherlands, manual belonging to Jacobus (Jack) Ynte Faber (d.1971
aged 54), written in Dutch.
6. Holy Bible belonging to Edward Chenery, awarded as a prize from the
B/O Norton Sunday School July 1900.
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Donald Philip Tullie Wollaston photographs and postcards
108 photographs, 9 postcards. 1916-1954.
Nine postcards sent by Sgt Donald Philip Tullie Wollaston, No. 2143, serving
with the 3rd, 5th and 15th Light Horse Regiment, from Egypt in March to April
1916, to Jean Elise Robertson, whom he married after the War. 107 black
and white photographs (negatives) taken by Sgt Wollaston featuring scenes
of Australian soldiers in Egypt, camels, local people, the pyramids at Giza
and the Sphinx, and cities in Egypt including Cairo and Alexandria. In the
negative case were three slips of paper: Special Duty pass, postage receipt
and an optician test for Sgt Wollaston. Also comprising some personal family
photographs which appear to be WW2 era to the 1950s, in a negative packet
with the name ‘Walloscheck’ on the cover – possibly photographs of Lt/Col.
M.A. Walloscheck, see Series 2, SRG 435/2/1-42. See special list for Series
47 for details.
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Harry Gregory Noblett photographs and service record
2 black and white photographs, sheets, 1 cm.
1. Black and white photograph of 9 th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron, D
Troop, 2nd Expeditionary Force, South Australia. Harry Noblett is back
row, first on the left. Photograph by W.S. Smith, Adelaide. 15 x 20.6 cm,
on mount 20.4 x 25.7 cm, ca.1915.
2. Black and white photograph of four mounted Light horsemen in uniform,
on the left is Harry Noblett, photograph by Frazer & Vallance, Melbourne.
10.9 x 15.1 cm, on mount 20 x 25.7 cm, ca.1915.
3. Copies of war service records for Corporal Harry Gregory Noblett, 9 Light
Horse Regiment, B Squadron, No. 316, from Australian War Memorial
and National Archives Australia.
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John Vincent Corigliano war service records
130 sheets. 1904-2006. 3 cm.
Original service record documents including certificates, commissions,
service records, and correspondence, along with newspaper cuttings, and
photocopies of service details from the Australian War Memorial and two
photocopies of black and white photographs of J.V. Corigliano in uniform.
Born in Beachport, SA on 25 February 1880, he served on the ‘HMCS
Protector’ from 1900-1901 during the Boxer Uprising, aboard the HMAS
Australia and HMAS Melbourne during WW1, No. 7424 RAN in charge of the
naval oil depot at Chowder Bay, Sydney during WW2, and attained the rank
of Engineer Lieutenant-Commander, died 1956. Also comprising newspaper
cuttings re the death in 1968 of Charles ‘Charlie’ David Corigliano (b.1891)
No. 1184 RAN, younger brother of J.V. Corigliano, and photocopies of
service records for No. 2011 Private Maurice Corigliano (b.1883), younger
brother of J.V. Corigliano, who served with the 32 nd Battalion and was killed
in action in France, July 1916.
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Frank Purvis photographs and papers
62 photographs, 5 sheets. 1935-1951.
Photographs taken by NX 32244 Corporal Frank Purvis, 2/30 Battalion, B
Company – 10 Platoon: Malaya (Malaysia) and Singapore before and during
WWII; troops in formation; Batavia (Jakarta) in 1938; ships including the
Queen Mary troop ship and ‘Dorsetshire’; Japanese navy ships in China;
photographs of NX145608 (N246299) Sapper Peter Albert Leunig in New
Guinea; and one photograph of the ‘Budd’ diesel engine at Port Augusta in
March 1951. Also comprising war documents: souvenir programme for the
Allied Forces in New Guinea Army 50-50 Show; ‘Guinea Gold’ Southern
Edition (Australian) newspaper, vol. 2 no.3, in the field, November 21, 1943;
and a confidentiality contract signed by Jean Olive Humphries with the
Amalgamated Wireless Valve Co., 1943. See special list for Series 50 for
details.
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Letters from WWI sent to the Pilben family
1916-1917. 1 cm.
Letters and postcards written by: No. 2034 Pte Frederick (Fred) Twort to his
Auntie and Uncle, Eva Augusta and William John Pilben during active
service in Egypt 1916 (returned to Australia and discharged June 1916 due
to deafness); one letter written by No. 4826 Pte Jesse Austin Moore to his
Auntie Eva Pilben during active service in France 1916; and two letters from
No. 279 Pte Frederick William Olney Dingle (signed ‘Olney’ or ‘Ol’), whilst on
active service in England and France, to his Auntie Eva Pilben (Mrs W.J.
Pilben) and to his cousin Zena Lillian Pilben 1916-1917, and 1 small
photograph of four Australian soldiers in England (died of wounds 11
October 1917, France).
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RSL formation minutes, correspondence and constitution
1916-1917. 3 cm.
Minutes, correspondence and early constitution of the Returned Soldiers’
Association (RSA) South Australia Branch, including: general meeting
minutes (1916); committee meeting minutes (1916); papers re the
resignation of Captain J.K. Langsford from the position of vice-president
(1916); papers in connection with the secretary of the RSA (1916); papers re
amalgamation with the Barrier RSA, Broken Hill (1917); correspondence
(1916-1917); papers relating to the formation of the national league of the
Returned Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Imperial League of Australia (RSSILA) and
amalgamation of state associations including draft constitution (1916), and
proceedings, minutes and agenda of the first RSSILA Congress held in
Brisbane held in September 1916, discussing the formation of the RSSILA.
52
Map of Douglas Haig and photograph of Dorothy Haig
1937. 0.5 cm.
Hand-drawn copy of a map, kept up from day to day, in Sir Douglas Haig’s
writing room, Field Marshall Douglas Haig, 1 st Early Haig, commander of the
British Expeditionary Force from 1915-1918; and a black and white
photographic portrait of Douglas Haig’s wife Dorothy, taken in March 1937 by
Broothorn, Melbourne, possibly signed on the front by Dorothy Haig.
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Parkside and South-Eastern District Sub-Branch
1934-2003. 1 cm.
Black and white photograph of the foundation members of the Parkside and
Eastern Districts Sub-Branch of the RSSILA, 16.9 x 21.7 cm on mount 25.3 x
30.5 cm, 7 January 1934, including members Alfred Castle, Bob Claxton,
Trev Daanood, Laurie Johns, Dobson, Harold Jenkins, Bowden, Jack Martin,
Jack Lews, and Arthur Lee; Certificate of Incorporation of Association for the
Parkside and South-Eastern District Sub-Branch of the RSS&AIL of ASA
Branch (1 October 1946); and correspondence between the RSL and donor
of the photograph (2003).
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2/9 AGH Ex-members Association minute book
1948-2000. 3.5 cm.
Minute book of the 2/9th Australian General Hospital Ex-members
Association, including general meetings and Annual General Meetings.
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Copies of WW1 letters
1915. 1 cm.
Typed copy of a letter written by Jeanette Stevens to her husband Gregory
Stevens, 33rd Battalion, Australian Army, in Gallipoli, Turkey, ca.1915;
photocopy of a letter sent to his parents in Adelaide from an Australian
soldier at the Zeitoun Training Base camp, near Cairo, Egypt, 28 November
1915.
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RSL A.J. Lee Trophy certificates
3 sheets. 1970-1984. 0.5 cm.
Two certificates for the RSL Women’s Auxiliary Central Council of Women’s
Auxiliaries A.J. Lee Trophy, awarded to the Sailors, Soldiers, Airmen &
Nurses Relatives Association for second place (1970) and third place (1984)
for the annual amount of money raised and general activities for the league
in proportion to membership. RSL interstate transfer blank form.
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Donal Colin Cooper war service records
1941-1956. 1 cm.
WW2 service records of SX14371 Trooper Donal Colin Cooper, 2/9
Armoured Regiment, comprising: Australian Military Forces Soldier’s record
of service booklet with ID photographs (1941); Australian Military Forces
Army Driver’s License issued to Trooper D.C. Cooper (1941); memo from the
Naval Reserve Depot (1941); Australian Military Forces member’s personal
equipment card (1945-46); Australian Military Forces demobilization
procedure book (1946); Australian Military Forces Certificate of Discharge
(1946); temporary authority for medical treatment certificate (1946); postcard
from the Army Medal Section re application for campaign awards (1950); and
receipt for account with Dr K.F. Cooper (1956).
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Records of the Ex-Members of 2/4 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Association
1946-1989. 1.5 cm.
Comprising: Meeting minutes (1946-1972); Commonwealth Savings Bank
depositor’s passbooks (1946-1983); correspondence, circulars and
newsletters to members (1983-1989); member lists; and copies of WW2
operation papers for 11 Australia LT AA Battery, October 1942.
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Edyvean family in memoriam card
1916. 0.5 cm.
In Memoriam card with photographic portraits for David James Edyvean,
accidentally killed at Adelaide Railway Station on 19 July 1915, aged 25
years, and for No. 3101 Private (Ross) Roswald Edyvean, 27 th Battalion, 7th
Reinforcement, who enlisted on 19 July 1915 and was killed in action in
Belgium on 5 November 1916, aged 23 years. David and Ross were two of
the sons of Sidney and Ellen Margaret (nee Butler) Edyvean of Kadina,
South Australia. Accompanying card and note from donor.
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Herbert Edwin Rohrlack postcards and letter
1916-1919. 0.5 cm.
No. 2474 Private Herbert Edwin Rohrlack, 50 th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement,
enlisted March 1916, returned to Australia January 1919, WW1 papers
comprising: Card and postcard sent to his mother Bertha Rohrlack
‘Everlasting Silver Leaves from Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa’
with three leaves inside the card and note ‘In the best of health. Oct. 17 th
1916, Herb’; three Daily Mail official war pictures postcards, Series XIX,
Anzacs in France, No. 145 Machine Gunners out of the trenches, ‘With a
swinging Back-to-Billets step these Anzacs are leaving trench duty for their
well-earned rest’, No. 146 Back from Pozieres, ‘These merry Anzacs, just
returned from taking Pozieres, laughingly face the camera in the attitudes of
surrendering Huns, shouting “Mercy, Kamerad!”’, and No. 148 Hot work in
hot weather, ‘Hot weather and hot work at their big gun have induced these
splendidly built Anzacs to strip to the waist’; postcard with poem ‘The
Soldiers’ ABC’ printed on the front, E.L.P. Co; postcard with poem ‘At Our
Camp’ printed on the front; and a letter with envelope written by No. 711
Corporal George Hugo List, 43rd Battalion, D Company, written to his friend
‘Rolley’ (Herbert Rohrlack) on January 27 (1919) from Ramburelles, France.
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Richard Vorley Clothier soldier’s pay book
1915-1917. 0.5 cm.
Soldier’s Pay book for use on active service with pocket, belonging to No.
1424 Private Richard Vorley Clothier, 11 th Light Horse Regiment, 7th
Reinforcement.
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Thomas Stott Boer War greeting
ca.1901. 2 cm.
Handwritten greeting and poem written on a piece of khaki material cut from
an army coat belonging to No. 213 Trooper Thomas Stott, 4 th South
Australian Imperial Bushmen, decorated with illustration of two crossed
British flags, sent to his mother and father (Thomas and Elizabeth Stott). ‘A
greeting from Trooper T. Stott. A greeting I send to thee/ From one who is far
o’er the sea/ A piece of khaki from a coat I’ve worn/ Discarded now, it’s
tattered and torn/ Though it’s not a costly card/ It conveys best wishes and
fond regards. To Mother and Father, Advance Australia, Pretoria South
Africa, I.B.C. From Tom. 1899 Boer War 1900, 1901’. Thomas Stott later
served as 2nd Lieutenant with the 3rd Light Horse Regiment, 16th
Reinforcement, during WWI.
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Officers of No.2 Squadron, 17 th Australian Light Horse
ca.1904. 1 black and white photograph.
Black and white group photograph of officers of No. 2 (Orroroo-Blackrock)
Squadron, 17th Australian Light Horse (South Australian Mounted Rifles),
standing outside, in front of tents. Left to right, standing: Lieutenant Arthur
Clement Moody, Surgeon Captain Cecil Lucius Stangman, Lieutenant
William Coleman Addison. Seated: Captain Thomas Hancock, Lieutenant
Sydney Herbert Clode, and Lieutenant Benjamin Brookman Ragless. 14.6 x
20.2 cm, on mount 22.1 x 23.9 cm.
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Roy Thredgold survival kit book
1943. 0.5 cm.
SX5165 Sergeant Roy Thredgold’s (2/27th Battalion) copy of the booklet
‘Friendly Fruits and Vegetables’, prepared by the General Staff, L.H.Q.
Australia, 1943, which was part of the survival kit supplied to Australian
troops in New Guinea during WW2, which included wax matches and a
compass. The booklet contains information on poisonous plants, water,
cooking, and edible plants and includes illustrations.
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Papers relating to the surrender of Japanese forces in 1945
1945. 0.5 cm.
Copies of papers and posters re the Japanese surrender to Australian
Military Forces in 1945 comprising: copy of the Surrender of Japanese
Forces address delivered by Commander-in Chief Australian Military Forces,
General Sir Thomas Blamey to Lt-General Teshima, Commander Second
Japanese Army, on the occasion of the signing of their surrender, Morotai, 9
September 1945; copy of ‘Jepun Sudah Menyerah’, a leaflet dropped on
Halmahera Islands, telling of the Japanese surrender terms, written in Malay
(1945); copy of the Instrument of Surrender certificate signed by General Sir
Thomas Blamey and Lt-General Teshima (1945); poster ‘Formal surrender of
Second Japanese Army to General Sir Thomas Blamey, Commander-inChief, Australian Military Forces, Morotai 9 th September 1945’, which
includes seven black and white images of Japanese Surrender party and
Australian forces during the formal surrender and signing of the Instrument of
Surrender (1945); poster with black and white image of ‘Advanced Land
Headquarters, Australian Military Forces, Parade of Headquarters to
commemorate the victory over Japan, General Sir Thomas Blamey
addressing the Parade, Morotai, August 6 th 1945’.
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Phillip George Winton special tobacco ration form
1945. 0.5 cm.
Consumer’s copy of form for ‘Special tobacco ration for ex-service personnel’
for No. WX1197 Warrant Officer Class 2 Phillip George Winton, 2/3 Field
Company, 1945.
67
Rabaul Army Race Club souvenir programme
1946. 0.5 cm.
Souvenir programme for the Rabaul Army Race Club final meeting held at
Rabaul Racecourse on Saturday 20 April 1946, with handwritten notes.
68
Robert William Fry papers
1951-1961. 1 cm.
Papers of Robert William Fry, served in WW2 SX22002 as Driver with 122
Australian General Transport Company, comprising: Australian Military
Forces Record of Service Book for No. 4/900050 Private R.W. Fry, enlisted
RASR 1951; correspondence and application form for the RSL (1956); blank
war pension receipt form; and Ordinary War Pension Certificate booklet.
69
Rising Sun badge
ca.40. 0.5 cm.
Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Rising Sun badge, third pattern.
6.3 x 4.5 cm.
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Boroko RSL Club key
1974. 0.5 cm.
Silver coloured key for the Boroko RSL Club 1974, with engraving of the triforces emblem and member number 0756 on the reverse. 6 x 2.3 cm.
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Berrima Souvenir 1917
1917. 0.5 cm.
Souvenir newsletter containing humorous anecdotes, poetry and drawings
provided by soldiers aboard the H.M.T. ‘Berrima’ (A35), which left Adelaide
on 16 December 1916 and after collecting further reinforcements in
Fremantle, sailed for Europe to take part in WW1. See also ‘Berrima
souvenir’ edited by A. Hough and H.G. Bishop, record number b29160820.
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Copy of WW1 diary of Corporal Howard Both 1914
1914. Microfiche. 0.5 cm.
Microfiche copy of the diary kept by No. 11 Corporal Howard Both, from
Caltowie, South Australia, Cable Section of Divisional Signal Company 1,
from the time after his enlistment in the Australian Imperial Expeditionary
Force in August 1914, until December 1914. Howard Both worked as an
electrical engineer before he enlisted on 18 August 1914, aged 20, and
embarked from Melbourne on the HMAT A10 ‘Karroo’ on 20 October 1914.
In 1916 he was promoted to Lieutenant and was recommended for a Military
Cross for his great devotion to duty. He returned to Australia in May 1918
due to severe illness. Photocopies available. ARCHIVAL MICROFICHE
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Spurs and leather pocket
ca.1915.
Leather straps attached to a small pocket, possibly part of a uniform, and two
leather and metal spurs.
74
Renmark Australia Remembers medallion
1996.
Bronze pendant/medallion with Renmark coat of arms on the front, and ‘50 th
anniversary end of WW2’ engraved on the back, attached to a gold wreath
trophy with stand, and plaque with the words, ‘To S.A. Branch R.&S.L. of
Aust. Renmark’s Australia Remembers Medallion. From Renmark SubBranch R.&S.L. 1996’.
75
Talks on poverty in Australia
ca.1969. 1/4 inch sound reel.
Sound recording of discussion on poverty in Australia in the 1960s. Do an
ARCHIVAL NUMBER search on SRG 435/76 for details.
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Mary Sweetman Collection
1916-1919.
Collection of half and quarter-plate glass plate negatives from World War I
comprising portraits of South Australian soldiers, army camps, training and
ceremonies, and aviator Captain Harry Butler. Do an ARCHIVAL NUMBER
search on SRG 435/77 for details and to view images.
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Letter from Syria
1941. 0.5 cm.
Letter written by Jim Harvey on ‘Armistice Day’ to Bryant [surname unknown]
in Adelaide. Private Harvey, SX 1292, was serving with the No.3 Platoon H.Q.
Company, 10th Battalion in Syria at the time. It was written in reply to a letter
sent by Bryant which was salvaged from a ship that had sunk; Harvey sent
part of the envelope in which he had received the salvaged item as proof of
this, together with an explanatory note.
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Returned Sisters Sub-Branch funeral items
ca. 1960. X cm.
Items used at funerals of Australian Army Nurses, comprising: memorial
Australian flag with yellow tassel border; two white nurse’s veils, red nurse’s
cape with shoulder buttons and badges; small black belt; and a burial ritual
order of service booklet. Housed in a small blue suitcase with a stamp on the
inside lid: ‘Made by D.W. Cameron Ltd. South Australia. Imported fibre’.
RESERVE 1
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RSL Films and Video
2 black and white, 16mm films, optical sound, 1 colour VHS. 1970, 2001.
SRG 435/F-1 ‘Naval anchor memorial unveiling and dedication’: ceremony at
Unley Memorial Gardens of the unveiling and dedication of the Naval Anchor
Memorial on 24 February 2001.
SRG 435/F-2 ‘Those Who Returned’: brief coverage of the main events in
the League’s development, from its origin as a national organisation on the
6th June, 1916 until today
SRG 435/F-3 ‘Birth of a Legend’: the story of the origin of the RSL, screened
on Channel 7 in Sydney and extracts screened by ‘Four Corners’.
RESERVE 10. Do an ARCHIVAL NUMBER search on SRG 435/F for
details.
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